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use steel traps, although the latter have to be taken up every- 

 day to save them from thieves. A considerable pftl 

 catch has been black, which makes them much more valuable 

 in the fur market. Shbthab Boznai. 



Tennessee— Nashville, March 11.— Tiie only game in sea- 

 son with us now is the snipe. Great numbers are reported in 

 the bottoms, although 1 have heard of but very few bags as 

 yet. J. D. H. 



Georgia — Rome, March 10. — Our quail shooting season is 

 over. Within the past few weeks I have seen a few snipe ; 

 had five shots and bagged four of them. On the 25th ult. I 

 was out with friend Gammon, one of our best shots. While 

 we were separated, one on each side of a field, he found a 

 large bevy of quail, and fired into them on the ground, killing 

 eleven, and as they rose killed four with the other barrel 

 Who can beat that? Wc killed two more on second rising, 

 making in all seventeen out of one bevy. The mercury 

 stands 78 degrees to-day, and we expect from now on to have 

 good shooting on the little snipe-ground we arc all so fortu- 

 nate as to have in these parts. Raqcet. 



Florida Sport.— Editor Forest and Stream : Having 

 just returned from a month's camping out on the west coast 

 of this State, I would like to give any one who wishes to follow 

 my example the benefit of my experience as to the best way 

 to find a first-class place to hunt and fish. We left this place 

 on the A. G.&W. I. K. B. at 10:40 a. m., reaching Cedar 

 Keys at 8:30 p. m. From tills place steamboats leave every 

 Wednesday aud Saturday for Manatee. We left in the after- 

 noon at 5 oclock, reaching Manatee the next morning at 8 

 o'clock. Here we hired a schooner which took all of our plun- 

 der and selves to our camp at A. E. Willard's place on Sara- 

 sota Bay. Bound trip tickets are now on sale at Fernandina 

 to Manatee and return for $18, from Manatee to our camp we 

 paid the captain of the schooner $5 to take us to our camp. 

 We found splendid fishing on the bay, catching trout, skip 

 jacks, bass, red fish, etc.; of the latter kind we caught with 

 light rods and lines some that weighed over thirteen pounds, 

 and they are a fish that are fine to take, being very strong, and 

 hard to tire out. On Long Key we found deer, and shot all 

 we needed to furnish us with venison for camp use. Within 

 four miles of camp we found all the " 'gator " hunting we 

 wished for. On the islands or Keys as they are called, count- 

 less numbers of pelican, ibis, heron, crane, cormorant, gulls, 

 etc., are to be found, and one can shoot the same until he tires 

 of the sport. Fine clams and oysters that cannot be excelled 

 anywhere can be had in any quantity in this bay. For those 

 who wish to get a collection of shells this is the place to go, 

 as after every hard wind the beach on the Gulf side of the 

 islands is covered with many varieties of same. You will re- 

 member that I wrote you before I left the North about the 

 reliability of the Osgood canvas boat. I can say that for any 

 sportsman who wishes a boat that is easy to manage, that can 

 be run in little or no water, and one that is very fight, in fact 

 reliable in everything that it is made for, I would recommend 

 this boat. Two of us took one out in a heavy sea, so heavy 

 that the captain of the schooner on shore told us that he was 

 about ready to go out and bring us in ; fearing the " little 

 boat " would not stand the storm, but it did stand it in fine 

 style, not shipping a bit of water, and it was very buoyant. I 

 think any one planning to go to this bay, could, by addressing 

 John C. Jones, at Sarasota, get him to secure a boat to use 

 While there, in this way saving the expense of carrying one 

 with them. A 76'ee 



Fernandina, Fla., March 5. 



Ohio— Cleveland, March 13.— Water fowls are now migrat- 

 ing north. I judge so from the numbers freshly killed and 

 now for sate on the market. Canada and white-fronted geese, 

 mallard, pintail, canvas-backs and green-wineed teal by the 

 hundreds— all in their beautiful spring plumage, but all "poor 

 as crows," 1 had fourteen brace of canvas-backs weighed • 

 they averaged in weight 4Jlbs. to the pair. A pair of these 

 ducks in the fall would have weighed fully 7flbs., and you 

 know what they would be for the table, while these unfortu- 

 nates on the market to-day are hardly fit for cat-bait. And 

 then another thing: if they had been left to their way, 

 each pair in the fall would have returned with a family 

 of eight or more fit for sport and the table. Any lubber that 

 can keep warm arouud an ice-hole can shoot ducks at this 

 season. A flint-lock muzzle-loader, or a long pole, will an- 

 swer as well for the instrument of destruction as the modern 

 improved gun. But when you have secured your hungry 

 ducks that have pitched into a water hole for the scanty food 

 it may furnish, you have only a bunch of feathers and bones, 

 that find no sale on the market. My experience has been 

 that three-fourths of these spring birds find their way to the 

 garbage cart. Plenty of prairie hens, partridges and quail on 

 the market. De. E. Stebuno. 



Wisconsin— Baraooo, March 10.— In the town of Excelsior 

 about three weeks ago Mr. F. Ellsworth, known to many of 

 our people, and two other hunters, started out with their 

 dogs for a hunt. They had not gone far when they started 

 three large gray wolves. Immediately putting their dogs on 

 the track, they followed them all day, but at night left the 

 trail and went home.- Early the following day the dogs were 



X'n put on the track left the night before, and during the 

 moon, when they had followed the wolves pretty close 

 and had nearly caught up with them, they were seen by a 

 person to cross Mr. Jas. Smith's farm, the wolves being then 

 only about eight rods ahead. The hunters followed as fast 

 as possible, and after crossing the farm above mentioned, 

 soon came to a spot which showed signs of a bloody struggle, 

 and upon closer inspection they found the heads of the dogs 

 minus the bodies. It is supposed that the wolves, having 

 been chased so far and long, and not having had much of a 

 chance to lunch for two days, were very hungry, and so 

 turned upon their pursuers and devoured them. The neigh- 

 borhood in which this occurrence took place is said to be in- 

 fested with gray wolves. Ed. Holland. 



Kansas— Hill Gove, March 9.— I have had lots of sport 

 this winter with the antelope, and jack-rabbit. Geese and 

 duck are with us by the thousands. I went out on the Saline 

 yesterday and brought home all I could tie on to my saddle 



A.L, 



Oregon— Portland, Feb. 27.— Our duck shooting out here 

 this winter has been poorer than for some seasons previous. 

 The reason, I suppose, is that the unusual cold weather we 

 have experienced this winter caused the ducks to go further 

 south than they generally go, and consequently did not get 

 back on their northward trip as soon as is customary. How- 

 ever, Bome of our sportsmen have had several good days ; 

 one party of three bagged 110 fine canvas-back in a day's 

 shooting. Last week two friends and myself crossed over to 

 Fort Vancouver and tried the bottoms below town for " trartfcv 



ducks," or, in other words, anything but canvas-back. We 

 left, here on the " magnificent steamer " Wide West, and alter 

 sixty-nine minutes' run, and including two landings, arrived 

 at the fort, eighteen miles distant from Portland, and were 

 soon on our way to the grounds about six miles west of the 

 fort. On arriving there we found the birds much scarcer 

 than we anticipated, but we went to work all the same, and 

 considering the weather, which was still and bright, we did 

 very well, getting in all fifty-seven duck and five geese. The 

 next day, as we were on the way home, and after we had left 

 the bunting-grounds about two miles behind, we heard a kind 

 of "swish! swish!" and looking up id the air, about thirty 

 yards above us, we saw five large swan in easy gunshot of us, 

 but, of course, no one. had his gun loaded, and the beautiful 

 birds escaped unshot at. The same party contemplate going 

 down the river after canvas-back in a few days, when we 

 look for some exciting event and an immense bag. I just 

 saw two of our best hunters come in from a " canvas-shoot " 

 with ten dozen and four fine birds. William L. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



Long Island Gun Club.— Dexter's, L. I., March 11.— Tlio second 

 month y meeting of tIik Long island Hun Cluii, to shoot for the Eddy 

 gun. Amoug the twenty-seven candidates who went to the score was 

 the veteran shot, Mr. King, also Uv. Talbot, who is to shoot the match 

 at the Driving Park next week ; Mr. Miller, who took the lead at the 

 flret meeting, toge her with the victor in the prize gun shoot of the 

 Brooklyn Club, Dr. Wynn ; Mr. Eddy, one of the crack shots of the 

 Long Island Club, and snch noted experts as Messrs, Madison, Gill, 

 Dr. Aten, Broadway, Blaukley. etc. It was from such a crowd as this 

 that the Brooklyn Professor of Entomology, the veteran taxidermist 

 Ackhnrst, took the rim place.lkillingwiin . i thirteen birds 



straight. The birds were all lively ones. The shooting was at seven 

 birds each, live ground traps. Ackhurst; aud Broadway tied on seven 

 each; again on three, and on the second shoot olT Ackhurst scored 

 thiee to Broadway's two. Following is the tabulated score : 



HC White ii i 1 i i i i 



J B Bergen ...1 1 i o 1 1 l n l 



ARCoienian l o i l l i o o l l 



1 o n o 1 1 o 1 

 1 1 1 1 I 1 



1 1-13 

 1 1—12 

 1 1-11 

 11—9 



10—8 



The score of the winners stands, for the first live matches : Morford 

 once; Wild, once; Coleman, once ; Bergen, once, and H. O. White 

 once. There will be Ave more matches tor ihe badge. 



Pennsylvania— Toioanda, Match 14.— Towanda Rod and Gun Club- 

 match at pigeons, 21 yards rise, so yards boundary. Bogardus rulea : ' 



w A Chamberlin l 



B }■' Mllltll i 



W G Tracy o 



OLTracy 1 , 



HouryPorter i o 



1 1 



1 1 



1 o 1— V 

 " 0-8 

 1—6 



(i o-.i 



1 1-5 



E. 



Washington, D. O— March 15.— Third weekly shoot of the Anacostla 



• if Washington, D. c, which took place to-day. We used a 



patent self-feeding trap, of which I will give vou the particulars in my 



Ackhurst. 

 Broadway. 

 Madison... 

 Appleyard, 



1 - - . ■ II : . ■■■.■ - . .. 



Dr Wvun 

 Talbntt .. 



Eddy 



H;idin.... 

 Gillett.... 



Henry 



Baulser... 

 Tun 



Murphy 



Robinson 



King 



Hughes 



MU.ler._- 



Langcako 

 Dr Aten.. 

 Smith 



A Holt.. 

 GHoIi... 



W 



tO 



Morgan 



Ball 



Taltavull l o ] 



Suction 1 i 



Williams i i 



Johnscher 1 n 



Stumph , i i 



Rothwell o 



Talbert n 1 



McNelly 



II 1 1 1 



1 U 1 (I 1 



liooiio. 



1 1 (I 1 1 117—9 

 10 11 



1-10 

 1—4 

 0— B 

 1— 1 



mith..' 



. 0— 6 

 1101010 1-7 

 11110111— % 

 001000 1—3 

 . .llllll 1110— 9 

 ..1011010101—6 

 J. H. E. 



Tennessee— Nashville, March 1.— The following giasB ball matches 

 were shot at the club grounds, back of the cotton factory; Bogardus 

 rules; Card's rotary traps. First match : 



Nobles 1 1111—5 Burkholz 11 1 0—3 



Waterman 1110 0—3 Jones l 10 0—2 



11 I'll 0—0 Maskey 00110—2 



Griffith 1—1 Carter i i 1 o 1— ! 



Ko«io 1 1 1 0-3 Kirkpatrick 1 1110-4. 



Mitchell 1 1 0-2 Valentine 1 oil 0-3. 



Second Match— Team shoot - 



Mitchell 1 1 1 0—3 Maskey..... 1 1 1— * 



barter 1 l 1—3 Noble. 1 1 1 i_ 4 . 



Valentine 1100—2 Kirk 1 1 0— 1. 



Burkholz 1 u 1— 2 Wheat 10 1—2.' 



K^glo 1 0—1 Waterman 1 l— a 



Oates 1 1 l—s Chadwell 00 0—0 



Griffith 0-0 Schwartz 0-0 



Total ia 



The managing editor of this paper, Mr. Chas. Hallock, takes pleasure 

 In acknowledging the compliment paid htm by his election as an 

 honorary member of the Long Island Club, which numbers in Its rolls 

 some of the best professional talent of Brooklyn. 



bw York— Buffalo, March 13.— 20 " Blnerocks " each, 21 yds. rise : 



Chas Helnold 1 11110011101110100101110 1— 17 



J Beier, Jr 1 11111111111011001111110 0—20 



This is the first of three matches. Unca a. 



Bbooelyn— Monteverde's Grand Street Park, March 5.— Regular 

 monthly shoot of the Grand Street Park Gun Club, for club badge, at 

 seven birds, from H and T traps, 80 yards bouudary, club rulea to 

 govern. The birds were remarkably fine ones : 



George Van Sese 4 S A Spratt 4 



E ,i StowBll 3 Sam'l Higbee 3 



W T Mouteverde s 



W. T. M. 



Miner Rod and Gcn Club.— Match at club grounds, Springfield, 

 L. I., Thursday, March 6. A neat little badge was snot for by those 

 present, and won by Mr. John Wood, the photographer, of No, 208 

 Bowery ; 25 yards rise ; ten birds each : 



WmSteera 1 00011111 1-7 



John B Voekarap ..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—8 



MajorAery 1 01110111 l—s 



MEnglert 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l—s 



Capt iiavis 10 1111 1—8 



John Wood ..1 110 11111 1—9 



August Chrlstien 0" 1 1 . 10O11 1—6 



Talbot vs. Oetwatek.— A match between Dr. Talbot, of this city 

 and J. H. Outwater, of Rutherford Park, N. J., was shot; at the Brook- 

 lyn Driving Park, last Tuesdav, for a porae of S500. The conditions 

 were: 50 birds each, 2T yards rise, Long Island rules, trap and handle 

 for each other. The score was : 



Dr. Talbot— 1 101100011000100111001111100 

 O011111111110 1. Total, 43 ; killed, 26 ; missed, 17. 



J. H. Outwater— oooiooiooooilllllliuooioio 

 1 1 1 10 1 101, Total, -u ; killed, 19 ; missed, 25. 



Referee -c. Wlngate, Fountain Gun Club. 



Total ,14 



Third Match— Sweepstakes : 



Kirk 1 1—2 Valentine 1 01 1—8 



Burkholz d 1 1—2 Raglo (I 1—1 



L'arter 1 1 1— 3 Eastman 1 0-1 



Wheat 1-1 Armstrong 0-0 



■ ... ■ ill i ■:: ■■>■ ' 1.. , 11 11 



' 1 1 I 1 1—3 Waterman. .. oil 1—3 



Oatea 1 1-2 Noble '.'.0 1-1 



Valentine won in the shoot off, 

 Fourth Match— Team shoot: 



Fritchltt 1 1 1 1-4 Mitchell 1 1 1-3 



10 10—2 Valentine 1— 1 



Noble 11—2 Carter 1 1 I 1— _ 



Maskey 1 1 0—2 Burkholz 1 1 1—3 



--' • 0110-3 Ragio 1—1 



'■■■ 01O—1 Wheat 1111—4 



Chatham 1 1 1 0-3 Kirk ."010 1—2 



Chadwell 1 0-1 Griffith 1 (1 1— 2 



Mania 1 0— 1 Blood . ... 1 0— 1 



Total 21 



Nobles 



Priteliir.. 

 Carter 



GWaitt . 

 O Oatharl 



W Curtis 1 



SDey 1 



WHampton 



.11 110 11 



.1 1 11111 



.111110 1 

 111110 

 111 



1 



1 



11111 1—14 



1 



1 



1110 1—13 







1 



1110 1 1—12 



1 







10 11 1-11 



1 



1 



10 10 1—8 



1 



■ 



1110 0—7 



I 







0—6 



1 







6 110—6 











10—4 











10 0—4 





 1 

 







1 

 1 



0—3 



110 0—6 

 10 110 1—9 

 W. CuSTIS. 



Total 19 



Fifth Match— Double birds : 



Valentine 11 11-4 Burkholz 11 i _s 



1 01 00—1 Mitchell 11 m_s 



11 00—2 Waterman u 10-3 



10 10—2 Oates n 10—3 



H 10-3 Kirk 00 00-0 



J. D. H. 

 ' 1:.— Several matches at glass balls were shot off at the regu- 



"' : '"■ :,-■■,,, r>l 



ales. The first, arm secoi I . ihea were won" by Mitchell 



J inatoh, Roberts, Kirkpatrick aud Mitchell tied on threei 



juti Sell wonthe shoot off. On f.ue sixth match Carter and Mitchell 



again won the shrot off. In the eighth match Carter and Burkholz 



Hft'i •>.! five, Burkholz winning the siio'.l.oir. Meh-ir.i. i.-utio and Buz- 

 zard shot several private matches, ending n J , 



j. b. h. 



Wisconsin— Buraboa, March 10.— Score at pigeons, 21 yards risp 10 

 yards boundary, plunge traps, club rules ; birds strong flyers - 



Brewer 1 1 0-2 N Brewer 1— 1 



1 0101-3 pom ton ooooi-i 



Wlnstauce 110 11-4 "'"■ ,UJ * 



Glass ball mutch, the same day, Bogardus trap and rules : 

 Brewer i 



Wold ..... .1 



Saare 1 



Kartack 1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



l 







1—11 











1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1— ll< 



1 







1 







1 







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1 







1— 7 











1 



1 







1 



1 



1 



1 



1—7 



I 



1 



1 



















1 







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0-5 

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Canada— Ottawa, March 8.— Sweepstakes, pigeons, 21 yard*, ground 

 raDS.luoz.shot; wearJ wind moderate ; birds strong 



First sweepstakes, five birds : 



..1111 1—5 Mr Paterson 1 i 1 1 !_ s 



traps, fu 



and lively. 



Mr B03well.. 



Mr Tnroop 1 1 1 1— 



Second Sweepstakes— Five birds : 

 Bos well.. 

 Throop.. 



Third tweepstakea— Three birds : 



Bpswell 111-3 Paterson 111-3 



Throop- 1 u 1— 2 ■ * 



Fourth Sweepstakes— Miss and out : 



Bpswell 1 o-l Paterson.. 



Throop i 1—2 



..1 1-2 



flr?l h t e hreo be 8w?cp8 C '. m ° re bM8 ' Me9Sr3 ' B0Bweaani1 Paterson divided 



B Knowlos 1 



WHomes .0 1 



G Marer 1 



WWarner 1 



J Holmes 



J Cuberley 1 1 



RWaitt II 



JMcCabe 1 1 



TSeabrook 1 



Midway Shooting Club.— The annual meeting of the Midway Shooi- 

 ng Club, of Matawan, N. J., was held March IS, isT'j, at Mount Pleas- 

 3 elected for the ensuing year : James 

 K. H. Wyckhoff, 



erable discussion, 



it was decided to adopt the following mode of shooting for the badge 

 for the coming year— viz.: Shooting to be from 5 traps, use of both 

 barrels, and handicapped from 21 to 26 yards ; any member winning 

 said badge four times during the year to receive it as his property. 

 The first match governed by these rules was as follows, each member 

 snooting at T birds and standing 20 yds. the flret shoot : 



James Iviiis 1 1 1 1 1 1— J Lambertson 1 110 1 1—5 



E Vaudc-rvetT 1 11111 0-8 J Van Brackel 1 111111—1 



S Lambertson... .111110 1-6 H Warn 1 111111-7 



WJ Conover 11 111 1—6 C Applegate 1 110 10 1—5 



WADnnlop 1 1 1 1 1 0-5 



Van Brackel and Warn shot off at five birds each, Van Braokel kill- 

 ing i and Warn 4. I have never seen a better lot of birds in New Jer- 



ptiaml §wtim$B. 



For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. 

 THE ARCHER'S CHIEF ENEMY-THE 

 WIND. 



TT is only after years of practice that the archer discovers to 

 A what an extent the wind affects his scoring on the target 

 ground. It must always be taken into consideration at every 

 shot made, or no reasonable estimate of the result can be 

 made. The perfect " archer's day " is that utterly windless 

 one, when without a cloud in the sky Ihe sun shines with the 

 red and^mellow splendor of Indian summer, the hills look 

 smoky and solemn, and all objects seem to be nearer and 

 larger than usual. Upon such a day the flight of an arrow 

 will be perfectly smooth, the long parabola of its trajectory 

 will be as clean as a painted curve, and every shot will be 

 alike. These are the days upon which phenominal scores are 



sey " The club Tlsin a flourishing condition, and will make some fine T „ "" '" uaj, ° u f uu """-" Phenominal score 

 shooting the earning season, old groat, I made, One.may be Bure that the magnificent, perhaps 



